From 2005 comes this conversation with Trevor Corson, author of "The Secret Life of Lobsters:  How Fishermen and Scientists are Unraveling the Mysteries of our Favorite Crustacean."  

Richard Ratay talks about his book "Don't Make Me Pull Over: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip."  

Sportswriter John Eisenberg talks about his most recent book, "The Streak:  Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record."   The book explores Gehrig's long-standing record for most consecutive games played in major league baseball- a streak eventually ended when Gehrig began to experience the first symptoms of ALS.  It also explores other attempts at breaking the record before Ripken managed to do so. 

For Thanksgiving, we're sharing an interview with Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen, co-authors of "The 7 Laws of Enough:  Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance."  The book is written to help all of us find deeper appreciation for what we have.  

Marta McDowell's "Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life:  The Plants and Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet" sheds illuminating life on an important facet of poet Emily Dickinson's life- her love of gardening.  McDowell was the first gardener-in-residence at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. 

Part One is a preview of the Racine Symphony's upcoming holiday concert on Dec. 6th with general manager Beth Bender.  Part Two is a preview of the performances at UW-Parkside of J.S. Bach's "Magnificat" on Dec. 7th and 8th.  

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht introduces us to the newest member of the GTC Board of Trustees,  Zaida Hernandez-Irrison, who shares her own story of how being a student at Gateway changed her life forever.  

From the archives comes this 2009 interview with Chris Anderson, author of "Free: The Future of a Radical Price."  The book explores how our notions of what has value .... and how much value .... and what we should be willing to pay for ....  has been so radically altered in recent years. 

In honor of the opening of the new movie about Fred Rogers, this is a rebroadcast of my 2007 interview with Tim Madigan, author of "I'm Proud of You; My Friendship with Fred Rogers."  

We preview two big events at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this weekend:  a UW-Parkside Orchestra concert featuring music from the Star Wars movies .... and the opening of a play by Lauren Gunderson titled "Silent Sky" that is based on the extraordinary life and accomplishments of three female astronomers from the turn of the last century.